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Phase one of NASA’s High Alpha Technology Program (HATP) included visual studies of airflow along different parts of the aircraft. In this image, the High Alpha Research Vehicle (HARV) is at a high angle of attack, with tracer smoke indicating vortex flows along the leading edge extension. Photo Credit: NASA

This Month in NASA History: HARV Enhanced Aircraft Agility

July 20, 2016 // by APPEL News Staff

Twenty-five years ago this month, NASA redefined aircraft maneuverability and control with the first flight of a vehicle featuring a thrust-vectoring control system (TVCS).

Virtual Project Management Challenge moderator Ramien Pierre (left) talks with presenters Peter Spidaliere, Mission Systems Engineer at Goddard Space Flight Center (center), and Nigel Packham, Manager of the Flight Safety Office at Johnson Space Center (right), about the critical role that dissenting opinion plays in reducing program and project risk. Photo Credit: NASA

The Role of Dissent in Driving Project Success

July 15, 2016 // by APPEL News Staff

During June’s Virtual Project Management (PM) Challenge, Dr. Nigel Packham and Peter Spidaliere discussed the value of the dissenting opinion in reducing program and project risk.

On its final approach to Jupiter, Juno passed the gas giant’s Galilean moons: first Calisto, then Ganymede, then Europa, and finally Io. This image of the four satellites was taken by the spacecraft’s JunoCam before the science instruments were turned off for the Jupiter orbit insertion maneuver. Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS

Juno Orbiter Arrives On Target

July 11, 2016 // by APPEL News Staff

NASA’s Juno spacecraft successfully entered orbit around Jupiter on July 4, 2016, and is set to begin unlocking the mysteries of the gas giant and the origins of our solar system.

The SLS solid rocket motor burned successfully for two minutes during its final full-scale ground test, which examined performance at the low end of its propellant temperature range. Photo Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls

SLS Booster Soars Past Critical Milestone

July 7, 2016 // by APPEL News Staff

On June 29, 2016, NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) successfully completed the final qualification motor test (QM-2) of its solid rocket booster (SRB).